Hastings Intruder Alerts

LockNow Safety supports churches in Hastings with real-time panic button alerts and expert guidance for Church Safety Directors and Security Directors. With LockNow Safety, your team gets the tools and training needed to respond immediately to active shooter situations. The LockNow Safety App sends instant emergency notifications to church safety teams and church community members, enhancing crisis response and protecting your congregation. We provide practical safety resources so your team doesn’t have to spend hours searching for plans and guidance — everything you need is ready and accessible.

Emergency Notifications

Churches in Hastings benefit from fast, reliable safety alerts that notify the community immediately of an active shooter threat. The Locknow App ensures that both onsite attendees and those traveling to church receive crisis alerts without delay. Immediate notifications strengthen situational awareness and help prevent harmful communication lags.

Across Hastings, the LockNow Safety App provides churches with panic button alerts that improve emergency response times during active threat situations. Your safety team receives:

• Immediate active shooter alerts for staff and attendees
• Active threat texts sent to your broader church community
• Easy-to-use crisis communication tools
• Location-based alerts for faster situational awareness
• Access to all emergency alerts and drill simulations
• Facility signage and safety guidance for clear instruction
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The LockNow Safety App allows full control over your church’s safety protocols. Activate alerts, run drills, and manage communication with ease. When an active shooter alert is triggered, your team and church community receive instant push or text notifications. Real-time communication ensures everyone stays informed and able to respond appropriately. Configure alerts for select users and manage multiple campuses from one dashboard.

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Our Founder

As an experienced school administrator and school protection officer with over 29 years of service, Randy Dougherty founded Locknow Safety after developing the Locknow Safety App for his own district, expanding his work to include facility safety planning, crisis communication education, and certified safety training for churches, schools, and businesses. His professional background covers access-control strategies, monitoring safety risks, and preparing organizations for active threat response. Randy’s comprehensive involvement in safety and security—from prevention to assessment—drives his passion for helping others create safer environments. For a quote on the Locknow Safety App or Training services, CLICK HERE.

Churches have always taken the responsibility of protecting their congregations seriously, but as security challenges evolve, additional training and preparation are essential. LockNow Safety offers a full range of solutions to advance your church security and improve active shooter response readiness. Our training options include in-person, on-site instruction along with live online and video-based programs that deliver critical information. We also offer in-depth physical safety assessments and provide expert guidance for enhancing the safety of your facilities. Our hands-on training empowers your team to create actionable plans and respond confidently in active shooter emergencies. For more information, click here or see this safety training video.

What We Do:

Church Security | Church Security Training | Church Security Guidelines | Church Security Ministry | Church Safety and Security | Safe Church Training | Church Safety and Security Plans | Church Active Shooter Plans

About Hastings

Hastings is a city in dakota and washington counties, in the u.s. State of minnesota, near the confluence of the mississippi, vermillion, and st. Croix rivers. Its population was 22,172 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of dakota county, which contains most of it as well as a small part extending into washington county. It is named for the first elected governor of the state of minnesota, henry hastings sibley. The advantages of hastings’s location that led to its original growth are that it is well-drained, provides a good riverboat port, and is close to a hydropower resource at the falls of the vermillion river. Other sites closer to the river confluence are either too swampy. U.s. Highway 61 and minnesota state highways 55 and 316 are three of the main routes in hastings. According to the united states census bureau, the city has a total area of 11.18 square miles; 10.24 square miles is land and 0.94 square miles is water. The mississippi river forms most of the northern border of hastings, while the vermillion river flows through the southern part of town, over a falls adjacent to a conagra grain elevator. Bluffs lie along the northern shore of the mississippi river and there is a gorge surrounding the vermillion river below the falls. Hastings is home to two small lakes, lake rebecca and lake isabel. Both drain into the mississippi river. The northeast corner of town is known as ; an area of soggy marshland and flood plain for the mississippi and vermillion rivers. As of the census of 2010, there were 22,172 people, 8,735 households, and 5,802 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,165.2 inhabitants per square mile. There were 9,222 housing units at an average density of 900.6 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 94.1% white, 1.6% african american, 0.5% native american, 0.9% asian, 0.8% from other races, and 2.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or latino of any race were 2.6% of the population.

If you need expert assistance enhancing your church’s security, email us at Team@Locknowapp.com. Our team provides complete safety solutions for churches, schools, and businesses. We aim to help your congregation feel safe while worshiping and growing together. Contact us—we’re ready to support you. CLICK HERE for a pricing quote on the Locknow Safety App.